Comments about ‘Utah Utes men's basketball: Runnin' Utes bounce back in a big way vs. College of Idaho’

You gotta get wins somewhere I guess. Both the Utes and Cougs are going to
struggle in their respective conferences this year. It's too bad, I
don't think we'll even have a team from Utah in the Big Dance this
year. Montana should top Weber, BYU and Utah only beat the mediocre. Utah
State may be the states only chance and that looks about as bright as my farmers
tan (well maybe not that bright.)

This is like reporting on an inter squad practice. Caldwell is a suburb of
Nampa, which is a suburb of Boise. Really small...as Arthur said, "you
could carpet the whole town if needed"...

Glad the pre-season is
over! We may not win as many games from here on out...but I believe the
pre-season set us up as a team that knows how to play together now. With 10 new
players joining our teo returners from a horrible team. The P12 is going to be
fickle this year. No real standouts after AZ...

Way to take it to those Yotes! This game kind of reminds me of when my 18 year
old brother used to whip me at basketball when I was only 12. The Yotes have an
available slot to play their football team in 2014 if U are interested.

Hopefully the Utes will play a more respectable non-conference schedule
next year.

Glad preseason is over ... while I understand why Utah needed to play this kind
of a preseason schedule this year, this last game seemed pointless. Maybe play
them during finals week, but we needed a better team prior to conference play
starting up.That said, it's now time to see how much improvement can
be made throughout conference play. I'd love to see the Utes win half their
home games and a quarter of their road games. That would be about a 7-11
conference record and to me would be a great step forward from last years 6-win
season (3 conference wins). That would also put Utah back at a .500 season
(15-15). I'd take that this year and hope for more improvement next
year.Go Utes!

I'm excited to see what the Utes can do in conference play. They will
definitely exceed the expectations of the media since they were picked to finish
dead last.

I think this team will be able to finish in the middle of
the conference somewhere. Arizona is obviously head and shoulders above the
rest of the conference, but their are plenty of other winnable games this
year.

I hope the Utes can continue to improve and learn how to play
together. Continue the development of the young players and this team is on its
way to a quick recovery. Wins will help with the recruiting efforts setting the
Utes up for a bright future.

It will be interesting to see what type
of improvements the Utes can make to their basketball facilities as well. I
know they have plans for some big improvements just not sure what. The Huntsman
center has some great history but it would be nice if they could make some
updates.

" ... Are you getting ready for the upcomming exciting games in the HS gyms?
... "

ImaCaMan:

Playing in HS gyms is good because it
seems like more people are there as opposed to when 2500 show up in the
cavernous HC to watch the sorry utes. And we'll see the huge crowds that
show up when you come to town in conference play.

The dilusions this pre-season schedule have given some Ute faithful is almost
humorous. Predictions of being able to beat anyone except maybe Arizona?
Predictions of finishing in the middle of the PAC?

The only
feathers in your non-conference cap were beating a middle of the MWC Boise St
team, beating a middle of the CUSA SMU team, and playing BYU closer than most
thought. U also lost to a Sac St team that even I thought you would win. Your
pre-season record is one win better than I predicted.

The PAC12 is
turning out to be weaker than expected, but there is still no way U finish in
the middle of the PAC. Prediction: Four conference wins, three at home, and an
11th place finish. In fairness, U are playing pretty good D, but the offense is
still weak.

re: indycrimson - careful of who you mock. Pepperdine
beat Washington St and SD played CSNR to a closer finish than U did. I noticed
U didn't mention Zags, St Mary's and Santa Clara - all who have a shot
at dancing.

"Yeah, too bad no one from the Pac 12 cares about
anything someone from BYU has to say."

Which of course explains
why your entire post consisted of nothing but whining about a comment from a BYU
fan, with not a single word about what a joke it is to pretend that beating a JR
HS team from Idaho is going to get the Utes ready to play Arizona next week.

Way to hit em' with factual data. I find it
hilarious that when several Cougar fans on these threads are hit with facts the
next comments are inevitably comparable to a kid saying, "well my Dad can
beat up your Dad!"

Go ahead and let us Utah fans know which one of us it
was who had any delusions of playing in the NCAA tourney this year.In
other words, it's you Cougies that bring up the strength of schedule
garbage. It's us Ute fans who simply bring you back to earth that your
overall SOS isn't any better than Utah's due to your lousy
conference.The truth is, if I was a Cougar fan I'd be disappointed
with this year's out of conference scheduling. Knowing what conference you
play in, BYU needs to play a much better out of conference schedule if they ever
plan on not just making the NCAA tourney, but getting a high seed.Utah's a different story, even when they're back to competing at a
higher level it will still never be of extreme importance to have a difficult
preseason schedule. The reason being that the PAC-12 will almost always be a top
5 conference, meaning the SOS is already built in.

"Utah's a different story, even when they're
back to competing at a higher level..."

Call us when that
happens. The Utes have been rebuilding since Majerus left, with nothing but a
train wreck to show for it.

Meanwhile, Rose has established BYU as a
perennial 25+ win, NCAA tourney team.

With 10-4 record, an RPI of 33,
and a SOS of 26, BYU is well on it's way to continuing that pattern.

The Utes, on the other hand, with their pathetic preseason schedule,
have no chance of even playing in the NIT. Keep pretending that not playing
anybody in the preseason is meaningless if it helps you sleep at night, but we
all know that's nothing but a delusional Utah fan fantasy.

BYU beat Utah so that makes them the better team this year. I don't see
any of us saying we are better, or were going to make the post season. I
don't even see any of us saying BYU won't make it...I am just
defending our schedule vs there schedule with data.

What's up
with all these predictions from down south that are just predictions?